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A Simple Guide to Choosing Lure Colors for Bass
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Many bass pros place far less emphasis on lure color than on other factors. They know it's more important to learn fish…
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How to Hunt Blue-Winged Teal in September
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Early teal duck season is a time for wiping sweat, slapping mosquitoes and popping shells at some of the testiest…
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How One Angler Tackles Small Stream Catfish
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Biologists in state fisheries agencies have stated that underutilized catfish populations exist in smaller creeks and…
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Why Deep, Cool Holes are Hotspots for Summer Crappie
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Carl Hartman of Clewiston, Florida, is a guide at Roland Martin's Marina on Lake Okeechobee. Hartman said few anglers…
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How to Fish Docks and Brushpiles for Summer Crappie
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Keith Enloe of Eldon, Missouri, runs a guide service on nearby Lake of the Ozarks, a deep highland impoundment that is…
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Fish Crappie Where They Are, Not Where You Want Them to Be
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The key to summer crappie fishing is knowing where to find the crappie, not where you think they should be found. Steve…
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Take Pond & Small Lake Fishing to the Next Level
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Ponds and small lakes don't just harbor little bass. Many also hold some giants, and these fish get that way because…
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6 Little Known Methods for Fishing Bass
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Slow-roll a spinnerbait. Twitch a topwater. Burn a crankbait. Hop a worm. These are standard techniques that most bass…
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Finding and Fishing for Bedding Bream
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The angler quietly slips his boat along the shoreline, casting and retrieving a small bait a few feet off the bank.…
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No Rod and Reel? Try These 6 Alternative Fishing Methods to Catch Fish
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A rod and reel: Who needs them? Sure, the hands-down majority of fish caught in North America are taken on some…
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Get More Fishing Action by Fine-Tuning Your Carolina Rig
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Fishermen throughout the South recognize the Carolina-rigged plastic worm as one of the most efficient, most versatile…
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Prowling America's Backwaters for Some of the Hottest Fishing
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Backwaters. They're the places anglers used to fish before big reservoirs came along. In this article: Finding Good…
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